Grey Vetiver: love it!

I sampled this for a few days, and fell in love. It was part of a bunch of vetiver decants I picked up, including Encre Noir, Sycomore, Guerlain, Givenchy, and Pour Elle. Still haven't fully tested out the latter two, but so far GV is my favorite (FB on the way), followed by EN (didn't bother with a decant of this, just blind bought a FB).

GV is unique among those I have played with so far, in that it has a super clean, dry, citrussy feel, much more sparkly then the others, which have variable measures of smoky, musty or otherwise darker accords. I like them all, but the GV seems most modern and optimistic, sort of cheery, to me. I definitely will find a place for the Lalique in my rotation as well, and I may be turning into a bit of a vetiver fanatic, because I really enjoyed each one.

Re: Grey Vetiver: love it!

Originally Posted by srmd22

I sampled this for a few days, and fell in love. It was part of a bunch of vetiver decants I picked up, including Encre Noir, Sycomore, Guerlain, Givenchy, and Pour Elle. Still haven't fully tested out the latter two, but so far GV is my favorite (FB on the way), followed by EN (didn't bother with a decant of this, just blind bought a FB).

GV is unique among those I have played with so far, in that it has a super clean, dry, citrussy feel, much more sparkly then the others, which have variable measures of smoky, musty or otherwise darker accords. I like them all, but the GV seems most modern and optimistic, sort of cheery, to me. I definitely will find a place for the Lalique in my rotation as well, and I may be turning into a bit of a vetiver fanatic, because I really enjoyed each one.

Totally agreed - this is a great scent! I fell in love at first sniff - from a magazine flap! And the nice thing about it, even for hardcore vetiver lovers (who sometimes look down on this frag as "barely vetiver"), is that it really gets people appreciating vetiver.

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Certainly very good. At the extreme of freshness in the vetiver field, I'd say there's Vetiver Extraordinaire by Malle, perhaps my favorite vetiver (that or Sycomore, which I prefer to Encre Noire, that becomes a little too synthetic after a while).

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I'm still back and forth on the Encre Noire vs. Sycomore. They feel very similar to me, but I have trouble smelling the Sycomore on my own skin-- it's not a projection issue though, as my family had no trouble smelling it on me! I need to work through my Sycomore decant-- I got 8ml, so plenty of spritzes left to get some full day wears in to decide. I am taking a break from Vetivers tomorrow though, as I am vetivered out after a week and a half of testing. Gonna try my sample of Royal English Leather tomorrow! (although I am pretty sure I am not going to find any leather or oud to top the Dior).

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Originally Posted by Redneck Perfumisto

Totally agreed - this is a great scent! I fell in love at first sniff - from a magazine flap! And the nice thing about it, even for hardcore vetiver lovers (who sometimes look down on this frag as "barely vetiver"), is that it really gets people appreciating vetiver.

Point those people in my direction. To me, being a devoted vetiver connoisseur, this gets a B on intense vetiver pefumes.
I'd like those people to guide me on "very vetiver" perfumes that I am unaware of.

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Liked it when I tried it, very pleasing and easy to like, but as reviews seem to indicate that it lacks staying power and as it is a little overpriced for what it is (imo) I'll happily stick with the Guerlain and Lalique, both of which have bigger, vetivery balls anyhow.

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This was my introduction to Tom Ford and I have been in love ever since! I have noticed some people on different posts have lamented the sillage and staying power, and although I agree to a certain extent with them it's not exactly a deal breaker. Just when I think GV is gone I will move a certain way and a little bit of it wafts to my nose My only complaint is that I haven't had many compliments on it, well not as many as I think this great scent deserves

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Doubts about longevity. That is interesting. Will I pitch in boys? I can comment on smelling it on someone else. My partner wears Grey Vetiver a lot. (Yes I will admit that I bought it for him because I really like it, but he is on his second bottle now, success!) It always impresses me as having perfect sillage, just right, and I must say that I am also of the impression that it has great longevity, although I am thinking now that maybe it becomes quite close to the skin in time, but certainly not for many hours. IMHO Grey Vetiver is a very, very, attractive fragrance. My partner is a casual kind of guy and I think that he really suits it. I have seen lots of comments about it having a conservative suit and tie vibe, but I don't entirely agree. Yes it would work well in that context but it has a lot more to it than that.

I also love the development from a bracing cologney grapefruit dominant citrus to a calm beautiful vetiver. Yes there is something restrained about it but I think that is deliberate, and there is nothing wrong with that. Quite the contrary. There is room for that.

Calm, elegant, casual too. The kind of fragrance that makes one want to turn their head towards the wearer, and which will bestow a sense of attractiveness. Not much wrong with that now is there?

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Originally Posted by SteelerOpera

This was my introduction to Tom Ford and I have been in love ever since! I have noticed some people on different posts have lamented the sillage and staying power, and although I agree to a certain extent with them it's not exactly a deal breaker. Just when I think GV is gone I will move a certain way and a little bit of it wafts to my nose My only complaint is that I haven't had many compliments on it, well not as many as I think this great scent deserves

Personally, I find GV to have excellent staying power (12+ hours) and that you have to go very light on the trigger unless you really want to announce your presence.

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Originally Posted by hedonist222

Point those people in my direction. To me, being a devoted vetiver connoisseur, this gets a B on intense vetiver pefumes.
I'd like those people to guide me on "very vetiver" perfumes that I am unaware of.

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My trial of this yesterday went as follows:

Opened up with a burst of Extra Strong mints, very quickly turning into mentholated cigarettes where it stayed all day. 6 hours later it was still detectable but only close to the skin.. what remained I could only describe as "smoker's toothbrush"

Thankfully I got a sample of Tom Ford Extreme as well, which is one of the greatest fragrances i've ever smelt. Someone said it right in one of their reviews - old leather wingback chair; pungent, fruity single malt (Macallan?) a log fire in the grate, and to one side a freshly clipped cigar ready to be smoked.